Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 at St. Joseph Medical Center
1717 South J Street, Tacoma, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1952309098
$156.61
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$472.84
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$340.45 with Aetna vs $601.64 with First Choice — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Commercial|Rental | $340.45 | ↑ +117% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $354.63 | ↑ +126% |
| First Choice | Commercial|All Plans | $601.64 | ↑ +284% |
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Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital | Tacoma | $685.20 | $323.44 – $1,148.23 |
| MultiCare Allenmore Hospital | Tacoma | $685.20 | $325.06 – $351.07 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $24.96 | $1,985.00 – $1,985.00 |
| St. Michael Medical Center | Silverdale | $208.69 | $297.89 – $425.56 |
| St. Anne Hospital | Burien | $144.39 | $203.33 – $425.56 |
| St. Anthony Hospital | Gig Harbor | $143.82 | $340.45 – $354.63 |
| MultiCare Auburn Medical Center | Auburn | $685.20 | $317.59 – $343.00 |
| MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | Puyallup | $685.20 | $324.94 – $350.93 |